§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the interdepartmental working group on blight will issue a paper summarising the main issues for consideration. [31793]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordA paper has been published today, and copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House. The paper, which covers the whole of Great Britain, seeks views on whether any practical changes can be made to the existing arrangements for property purchase and compensation, bearing in mind the particular concerns of the Select Committee on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill about those whose properties decline in value because of the perception of potential purchases rather than because of any physical effects.
Comments are invited by 31 July from all those with an interest in generalised blight.